fMRI reveals greater within- than between-hemifield integration in the human lateral occipital cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3299-3309

  Large, Mary Ellen ^a,b   Culham, Jody ^a   Kuchinad, Anil ^a   Aldcroft, Adrian ^a   Vilis, Tutis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contralateral preference; Functional imaging; Humans; Lateral occipital region; Lower visual field; Upper visual field

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 45349099130     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06270.x     Document Type: Article

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